Life In Motion

@bphillipsonMP this is all wonderful, but what are you proposing when the reason the child is not in school is not home, but the LA having no school for for child- left drifting on EOTAS no access to maths/english/GCSE’s Many SEND & care experienced children in this position

@MartinBarrow It’s so scary isn’t it. The threat of having your children removed is immense, but to know if they are removed they will litrally be sent to a hell pit of harrowing neglect for profit is a terrifying concept. You just can’t make it make sense

Each child was removed from their family home because their parents were judged inadequate. But then they are sent to live in a home which is also inadequate, often living many miles from all the significant people in their lives.

Every day Ofsted publishes inspection reports into children’s homes, and every day Ofsted reveals how vulnerable children and young people are being failed when they are supposedly in care. 🧵

@CEPbarrister @WDLAwards @lawyerswhocare_ Wonderful Lucy congratulations 🙌

I’m thrilled to be nominated for the @WDLAwards as Woman of the Year and DE&I Champion of the Year AND @lawyerswhocare_ has been nominated as Non Profit Org of the year!🥹 To think at 16 when I was kicked out of care, I wanted to give up. This is a sign. Never give up❤️

@Rachel_deSouza @bphillipsonMP Are u aware of how many adopted/care experienced children have NO school offer? 4.5 years for us Begging daily to LA to provide min of maths/ English. LA ignore, refuse! Loads of kids affected. Drifting out of school with zero chance of GCSE-Failed by the state

Supporting children to help them get back to school where they want to be with their peers and teachers to learn is so important for the post lockdown generation. It’s a legacy issue that’s not resolving easily for many children & mentors are a good step in the right direction ⬇️

@mikeireland100 @Rachel_deSouza @thetimes Hmm, they say this. However reality with no diagnosis a child can/is often punished for displaying behaviours from their unique additional needs. Or edu shift blame to ‘poor parenting’. Child ages through the system ending up broken due to consistently having unmet needs.

@Rachel_deSouza @thetimes Why does it need a diagnosis to get help? Often I hear schools saying that a diagnosis does not matter, and they will help that child regardless - is that not the case?

Crisis in autism care as patients wait four years for diagnosis ⁦@thetimes⁩ - using my data powers I have exposed the shocking and unacceptable delays for children - often waiting for many years of their childhood for help ⬇️ thetimes.com/article/533a65…

@Rachel_deSouza @thetimes Started the ASD /FASD diagnosis pathway for Adopted children journey 9 years ago…… still in the system…. Still waiting for the final diagnosis. Drifting for 4.5 years without school place as the LA have no school to meet unique needs of CE children with undiagonsed needs.

@AFrazerWicks A beautiful thread. Roll on 5 days when you can be back together again. 🫡🤞

@savororaidh Every word of this thread is felt. You don’t walk this alone. There are so many of us that will never forgive ourselves for not seeing it. Then once you do see it you can’t un-see. A shit show based on ego and covert narcissism with a child lost and forgotten amongst the storm.

In our small area of Manny where we reside theres 8xCare Experianced/Adopted young people with no school offer. 8 in just 1 tiny post code area refused access to a school. Some for years due to early life experiences. Imagine what that equates to when we look at that nationally

@BAFTA This is simply just so wonderful to see. You can't help but route for Sophie and the important work she's doing for Care Experienced people

Sophie Willan on the importance of encouraging people with varied experiences into the industry and the positive impact this has on the diversity of stories on screen 📺

@CliveFlint @WriterHBlack Unfortunately it is, sadly. In contact with lots of Familes/ professionals and my own care experianced children. They all have the same tales…… 1 parent has a child who is in access of £1 million-its huge contributor to overspends in education/ social care.

@WriterHBlack @natashacarthew Have you checked that this is actually correct?

20k a week per child Owning childrens homes is literally a licence to print money

Care Experienced YP- never had access to high school-LA has no schl offer. It’s now time to think about collage. Ambition to work in TV lighting. Have oodles of ‘real’ TV work experience, great TV credits. Collage-you’re not welcome, you won’t get anywhere without 4 GCSE’s in TV

@DudeAdhd If Academy’s have you worried, take a peak behind the door of SEND Private Alternative Provisions. Nothing short of the Wild West. Costs £1000s PM. Unregulated, no Ofstead reg needed, teachers with no teaching qual. When it goes wrong, there’s NOTHING to protect child/parent

I want to ask, how many parents are aware that it is near impossible to seek redress to a situation if your child is in an Academy. There is a major issue. The rights of children has been violated. Parents are powerless to fight a HT except by legal means gov.uk/government/pub…

@liamgallagher MVITA - The Midland Burton Road- a back flip - a banging tune and a wild time guarantee! If you know you know. Salute! 🫡

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@NuffieldFJO @Sanchia7 This happening in education for Care Experainced & SEND YP. There's often no schools for them to be taught. Alternative Provisions/Mentor Services charge £1000’s. Untrained staff, unregistered with Offstead. Maths/English taught in fast food places. Kids at risk. List goes on.

Our research has shown that in the last 12 months, 1,249 children from England and Wales have been subject to a deprivation of liberty (DoL) application and too often there is nowhere for these children to go. Read more: nuffieldfjo.org.uk/resource/child…

@JOHNESEPHTON @WritesBright Ace!

Kemi Badenoch: "I grew up in a middle class family. But I became working class when I was 16 working in McDonalds". Bonkers. Completely bonkers.

@WritesBright Isn't it interesting how often middle classes venture out on a poverty safari & attempt to aline themselves with the working classes to appear revelant & (cringing) cool. When all W/C hear & think is, yeh but…. (#PulpLyric) “If you called your Dad he could stop it all”🎵

Profit in the Children's Care system should never have been allowed to fester. Yet it's happening day after day, bankrupting LA's.....£20k a week for one child. How? The outcomes for the child @£20k a week will be so low its enough to make you weep bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

@ccwild79 Another hidden side-it spills over into education. Care experienced children often have no solid education offer that can meet their unique needs. Many times farmed out to the private sector. Just had quote-untrained teachers £840 9hrs a week! No GCSE at the end. Failed again

There are some amazing people out there who genuinely want to provide quality support for children. I travel the country visiting children's care homes, and some are absolutely incredible. However, our sector is constantly being abused by big corporations that have monopoliesed the system and turned it into a money-making mechanism. As a result, our children are suffering. History just keeps repeating itself. #changeiscoming children in care are still children.

@ccwild79 Why are children who have been forced/threatened in the pics never spoken about. Where r their voices/protection. Its always downgraded as a victimless crime. Money changed hands, the pics were taken for a ‘profitable’ quick sick gratification-childs image is out there for life!

As a child, I lived in fear of being abused while in a children's home. Over the years, I’ve watched my friends suffer from addiction and mental health issues, and sadly, some didn’t make it. I’ve seen predators released from jail, given suspended sentences, and denying their crimes, while the victims receive a life sentence of suffering. Seeing a prominent figure walk free from court, despite admitting to his crime, is disgusting. #HuwEdwards